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California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers
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California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

H. Scott Prosterman

Positioned and disguised as a bill to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism expressions, it is really an attack on academic freedom

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“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

12/22/2025 By Juan Cole

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

12/22/2025 By The Conversation

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Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

by Jack Serle An unprecedented attempt to discover if British officials are complicit in the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan reached the Court of Appeal […]

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Solar would be Cheaper:  US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

Solar would be Cheaper: US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

By Juan Cole Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in the Gulf on Friday at a conference of defense ministers from the region, including the […]

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Africa
The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The US Republican Party has become the party of the angry white man (AWM) in the United States, which is a large part of the […]

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Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Collective Frustration, But No Collective Action, in Qatar

Date:  December 7, 2013 Author(s):  Justin Gengler In late June 2013, as neighboring Arab states continued their struggles against popular pressure for political reform or […]

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FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

FBi Laptop Camera Snooping and Orwell’s 1984: Side by Side Comparison

Jon Schwartz ( @tinyrevolution ) posted this to Twitter. It is a side by side comparison of a passage from “1984” to the news report […]

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Afghanistan
Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions "War on Terror"

Interview with Jeremy Scahill Questions “War on Terror”

Euronews asks Jeremy Scahill about his new film, “Dirty Wars,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award. Scahill was also recently interviewed at Democracy […]

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Human Rights
Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities

Crystal Night Must not be Repeated versus other European Minorities

By Anne-Ruth Wertheim, Amsterdam Crystal Night took place on the night between 9 and 10 November 1938. Across the whole of Nazi Germany and parts […]

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Africa
Today's South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)

Today’s South Africa by the Numbers (with Photos)

Population of South Africa: 51 million (slightly larger than South Korea) Annual Gross Domestic Product (nominal): $384 billion (in neighborhood of Taiwan, Austria, UAE) Rank […]

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Africa
Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign

Photo of the Day: Apartheid South Africa Sign

This sign is left over from Apartheid days and is preserved under an awning in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa as a reminder of what was. […]

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